How to Use deficit spending in a Sentence

deficit spending

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  • But how will continued deficit spending and rising government debt levels influence the economy?
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Years of deficit spending and a new Republican majority in the House cast a cloud of budget austerity over Congress.
    — Kenneth Evans, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The cash came from where the rest of our chronic deficit spending comes from: the bond market.
    — WSJ, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Many won’t be around to face the consequences of deficit spending.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2020
  • As in the past, Koehler revealed a trend toward greater and greater deficit spending.
    — cleveland, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The deficit spending set the stage for one of the only significant fights over the bill.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2021
  • So much for the idea that deficit spending is a stimulant.
    — Stephen Moore, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2018
  • Even with the first-time deficit spending this year, Brunello said the city has a reserve of $6.5 million.
    — cleveland, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Polls bear out the issue as well, with deficit spending far from the top of mind for the average voter.
    — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 July 2024
  • The deficit spending raised eyebrows at Akron City Council this week.
    — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 11 Aug. 2017
  • Italy’s program is paid for by taxpayers—in the form of more deficit spending.
    — Eric J. Lyman, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2019
  • That in turn could slow economic growth, which would lead to more deficit spending.
    — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
  • And yes, this is where the hot-button issue of deficit spending and the debt level come into play.
    — Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 10 May 2024
  • The district is already in deficit spending this year and if changes aren't made soon, Hook said there will be large cuts next school year.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The good news is if there is a national will to break our addiction to deficit spending, there is a way.
    — Stephen Moore, Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Key votes will come from conservatives who have railed against deficit spending in the past.
    — Herb Jackson, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2017
  • So if inflation in prices and housing and in gas is because of deficit spending, that's Trump's fault.
    — ABC News, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Such complaints at least serve to check runaway deficit spending.
    — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 26 July 2019
  • The Club for Growth president focused on deficit spending as the problem.
    — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 25 June 2020
  • Some economists say more deficit spending could be the help the economy needs.
    — Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Notable about all this demand-side faux stimulus in Japan is that a lot of it has been deficit spending.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • This brings us to the second source of inflation: massive deficit spending.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 19 Feb. 2022
  • And in order to prevent further cuts, there will be about $37 million in deficit spending.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 12 June 2024
  • Over the past two decades, the war in Afghanistan has been waged by an all-volunteer military and funded through deficit spending.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Time, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Taxes and debt: For years Republicans claimed the high ground on deficit spending.
    — Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • But a group of over 150 economists thinks such deficit spending is a great investment.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 10 July 2020
  • The deficit spending is projected to continue in the coming years.
    — cleveland, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Luosa said there are a variety of ways to handle a shortfall to avoid deficit spending.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Johnson also called for Congress to stop the deficit spending and encourage people to get back to work.
    — Andrew Kugle, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2022
  • There is no question that the current deficit spending is not sustainable.
    — Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024

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